Player Turns $10 Satellite into $412K in the GGPoker $10K GGMillion$
Until April 7, Austrian player "72oooo" had accumulated $55,453 in tournament winnings online at GGPoker, with a best score of $5,250. Fast forward to today, and "72oooo" can boast of a new career-best $411,843 prize after taking down the $10,000 GGMillion$ Super High Roller.
Winning this event is a major feat in its own right, thanks to the caliber of players who enter the mix. However, "72oooo" should go down in GGPoker history as a true GGMillion$ hero after winning their $10,000 seat for a mere $10.
"72oooo" bought into a $10 Step satellite on April 5, and finished top of a 14-player field. Then they finished fourth out of 44 entrants in the $108 Step satellite, which the $10 Step awarded tickets for.
Riding the crest of a wave, the Austrian used the $1,050 ticket they won in a last chance satellite to the $2 million guaranteed GGMillion$. Amazingly, they finished first from a 24-strong field!
Day 1 of the $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller drew in 210 of the online poker world's top talent. Several hours later, only nine players remained in the hunt for the $411,843 top prize.
Seasoned pro Aram Oganyan topped the final table's chip counts. Oganyan's stack had a couple more big blinds than that of Bernhard Binder, the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Super Main Event champion. A certain $10 satellite winner was present and correct at the star-studded final table, although "72oooo" was the shortest stack with 14 big blinds.
$10,000 GGMillion$ Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aram Oganyan | Mexico | 4,634,041 | 77 |
| 2 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | 4,504,099 | 75 |
| 3 | Calitox | Panama | 3,709,108 | 62 |
| 4 | Lucas Rocha | Brazil | 2,745,626 | 46 |
| 5 | Dmitrii "Dimmmmm" Prusiv | Russia | 1,953,729 | 33 |
| 6 | Manuel Carvalho | Andorra | 1,520,517 | 25 |
| 7 | Aleks Borovkov | Andorra | 1,240,084 | 21 |
| 8 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | 856,868 | 14 |
| 9 | 72oooo | Austria | 832,928 | 14 |
Fifteen minutes into the final table action, "72oooo" scored a double up with ac-queen versus Bernhard Binder's dominated ace-trey, with the chips going in on an ace-high flop. They then won another huge pot with pocket aces against Aleks Borovkov's pocket jacks, catapulting their stack to more than 2.5 million chips and placing them fourth despite starting at the bottom of the pack.
Manuel Carvalho was the first player eliminated from the final table. Carvalho lost a substantial pot hero calling with ace-queen high on a paired board, then lost the rest of their chips three-betting all-in with pocket jacks after Borovkov raised with king-queen of diamonds. Borovkov called, flopped a flush draw, turned a king, and sent Carvalho to the rail.
Although Oganyan started Day 2 as the chip leader and was second in chips at the start of eight-handed play, they fell in eighth place. After jamming all-in for 13.5 big blinds effective from the small blind with king-four and losing to Borovkov's pocket sixes, Oganyan was left nursing a two big blind stack. Unsurprisingly, he bowed out soon after.
The dangerous Binder busted before Oganyan's seat had the chance to go cold. Dmitrii "Dimmmmm" Prusov min-raised on the button with ace-trey of spades and called the extra big blind when Binder moved all-in with king-queen of diamonds in the big blind. A king on the flop looked to have rescued Binder, but an ace on the turn left him needing help on the river. The seven of clubs on the river was a brick, and Binder was gone.
Lady Luck was on "72oooo"'s side as the two-hour mark approached. They found themselves all-in with pocket tens against Prusov's ace-king, and they not only won the flip but they flopped a set and rivered a full house to propel themselves to second in chips with six players remaining.
Sixth-place and $112,279, the first six-figure prize of the final table, went to Brazilian Lucas Rocha. The action folded to Rocha on the button, and he min-raised with pocket queens. "72oooo" three-bet with ace-jack of spades in the big blind before calling another 10 big blinds when Rocha shoved. An ace on the flop cracked Rocha's queens, and he headed to the showers.
By now, the blinds had grown substantially, and everyone but "72oooo" was short-stacked; they had almost 50 big blinds at their disposal. Borovkov open-shoved for a shade over five big blinds with pocket eights from under the gun, and "Calitox" called from the big blind with ace-queen. "Calitox" flopped two pair and improved to a boat on the river to dispatch Borovkov in fifth-place.
The final four became three with the demise of Christian Rudolph. Down to under 10 big blinds, Rudolph had an easy call with ace-nine in the big blind after "Calitox" had set him all-in. "Calitox" turned over king-ten of diamonds. Rudolph spiked a nine, but running cards gifted "Calitox" a ten-high straight draw, busting Rudolph.
Heads-up was reached soon after when Prusov came unstuck in a hand against "72oooo". Prusov moved all-in for 12 big blinds from the button with king-nine, and "72oooo" called in the big blind with pocket sixes after much deliberation. The sixes held after improving to a full house, and Prusov had to settle for third place.
"72oooo" held a 47.5 to 25.8 big blind advantage at the start of heads-up play, and it didn't take too long for them to get their hands on "Calitox"'s chips.
A few hands into the one-on-one clash, "72oooo" moved all-in with pocket fours, and "Calitox" called all-in with ace-ten for 23 big blinds. A queen-high board left the pocket fours as the best hand, eliminating "Calitox" in second-place for $317,574 and crowning "72oooo" as the $10,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers champion.
$10,000 GGMillion$ Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72oooo | Austria | $411,843 |
| 2 | Calitox | Panama | $317,574 |
| 3 | Dmitrii "Dimmmmm" Prusov | Russia | $244,883 |
| 4 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | $188,830 |
| 5 | Aleks Borovkov | Andorra | $145,608 |
| 6 | Lucas Rocha | Brazil | $112,279 |
| 7 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | $86,579 |
| 8 | Aram Oganyan | Mexico | $66,761 |
| 9 | Manuel Carvalho | Andorra | $51,480 |
"72oooo"'s remarkable journey started with taking a chance in a $10 satellite, continued with rubbing shoulders with some true online poker royalty, and ended with them becoming the $10,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers champion and padding their bankroll with $411,843. On this evidence, the poker dream is well and truly alive.
